Husband strangled, snake placed beside body: UP court awards death penalty to wife, lover

MEERUT: A court on Friday sentenced a woman and her lover to death for murdering her husband and leaving a live snake beside his body to make the death appear to be a case of snakebite, officials said.Additional district and sessions judge Jaiveer Singh Nagar awarded the death penalty to Ravita and Amardeep for the murder of Amit Kashyap, alias Mikky Kashyap, a resident of Akbarpur Sadat village, court officials said.Both accused, who had been in jail for 17 months, appeared before the court through video conferencing, IANS reported.Amit was found dead on a cot at his house on April 13 last year, with a live snake beside his body.